“EMPIRE LOOKED AGHAST”
IMPERIAL CONFERENCE FAILURE MATTER NOT A PARTY ONE. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 5.5 p.m. London, Jan. 16. ’ “Five years’ Goyernor-Generalship has resulted in my returning home saturated with" the' Empire spirit,” said Lord •Stonehaven, ex-G | overnor-General of Australia; speaking at Stonehaven. “The great Imperial question should not be a party one.' All the Empire looked aghast at the failure of the Imperial Conference when Mr. J. H. Thomas contemptuously described the Dominion’s offer of a business understanding as humbug. “I wish the Government had used one-tenth of its activities/on developing Empire markets instead of using all its energies to support Soviet Russia,” added Lord Stonehaven,
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1931, Page 5
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